Yeah, I've always interpreted the "loosely held" part to be not strong in your presentation and display skepticism in your own solutions. Sometimes it helps to

Yeah, I've always interpreted the "loosely held" part to be not strong in your presentation and display skepticism in your own solutions. Sometimes it helps to just put a stake in the sand to kickstart a conversation. What he's talking about looks like jerks using a saying as an excuse, I've seen the same thing with "direct/telling it like it is" as a shield to be an asshole. That has no place anywhere.